Forgiveness

Tonight we had a great time with almost all of my Dad's side of the family. It has been around 10 years or so since we have all been together. There have been so many hurts and it has been really hard for many to move forward. Aunt Sue's passing reminds us that we can't afford to waste time feeling hurt towards one another or hurting one another, we must forgive and seek forgiveness when we have wronged someone. God commands us to love one another as ourselves. Our fleshly tendency is to wait until we receive an apology to give one ourselves. The sad thing is we do not know when our time or our loved one's will end and it is just not worth having regrets and heartache over things left unsaid. Please remember our family in your prayers. I pray God binds us together.

I pray that God continues to work in me. I am so thankful he is always revealing areas that I need to push through (He is still working on me, just like the song says). I was reminded again tonight of Ephesians 4:29-32 "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word that is good for edification, according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."

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I wanted to share a sweet picture taken tonight of my Aunt Sue's children, Brian and Alicia. Please continue to remember them in your prayers. Though the circumstances are tough, I am thankful to be able spend time with them. I know my Aunt Sue would have been pleased for the family to be together tonight. When we were younger she was the queen of family gatherings. :) To all my family and friends, I love and appreciate you more than you will ever know.